Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2298: Transferring $1,000,000,000 from the budget stabilization fund to the liability reduction fund of KPERS, using a portion of the interest earnings of the liability reduction fund to provide a 2% COLA for retirants who have been retired for more than 5 years, transferring annually certain amounts from the state general fund to the budget stabilization fund and establishing requirements for the expenditure or transfer of moneys from the budget stabilization fund.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 2298 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Transferring $1,000,000,000 from the budget stabilization fund to the liability reduction fund of KPERS, using a portion of the interest earnings of the liability reduction fund to provide a 2% COLA for retirants who have been retired for more than 5 years, transferring annually certain amounts from the state general fund to the budget stabilization fund and establishing requirements for the expenditure or transfer of moneys from the budget stabilization fund. Primary sponsor: Virgil Weigel (Democratic), Henry Helgerson (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsors: Virgil Weigel (Democratic); Henry Helgerson (Democratic).